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Unirse Strains Ainsi* @rieten VYILLIAM MESSERLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGXOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH AUTE, OF SAME PLAGE.

BUSHlNG-MOLB.

SPECIFCATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,735, dated March 22, 1857.

Application filed January 1T, 1887. Serial No. 224,517. (Xo modell To @ZZ wwm t may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM MnssnnLE, a citizen ot' 'the United States, residing at Cincnnati, in the county ot' Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bushing-Molds, of which the following is a speeiicationneferenee being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My inven tion comprises a peculiar const-rnc tion of mold that enables the expeditions casting of those soft-metal bushings which are screwed into the faueetholes of beer-kegs and other similar Vessels containing liquor on tap." Said mold consists of a laterally-divided two-part dask, a bottom plate `upon which said liaskjs centered, and a mandrel that occupies an axial position within the matrix and imparts the desired tapering here to the bushing, as hereinafter more l'ull y de scribed.

In the annexed drawings, Figurel is aplan of the bottoni plate of my mold. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the mandrel thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan of the upper side of the two-part fiask in its open position. Fig. 4t is a plan ot' the under side of said flask in its closed position. Fig; 5 is a plan ot' the complete mold with the mandrel inserted therein. Fig. G is a vertical section o-f'the complete/mold taken at the line c of the preceding illustration. Fig. 7 is a front elevation oi' the closed flask det-ached from the bottom plate, the lower portion ofsaid flask being sectioned. Fig. S is an axial section of a bushing that has been cast in the mold and then detached therefrom.

Referring to Figs. 1 and G, A represents the bottom plate of my mold, which vplate has au elevated annular flange or curb, B, a circular pit, C, a concentric bore or socket, D, and a pair el' dianietrically-opposite pins or stumps, E E.

F and G- represent the two parts of my flask, said ilask being hingedI together at H and having handles f g, wherewith it is readily operated. llsurthermore, these sections of the mold have respectively' semi-cylindrical bores I J, opening into the sloping tops K L of the matrix M ill, which latter is screw-threaded, as seen in Fig. (i.

N is the gate or pouring-channel of the fiask F, said iiask being provided with a pin, o, over which is engaged the free end of a hook or latch, O, said hook being pivoted to the other liask, Gr.

P Pl represent shallow semi cylindrical couuterbores in the lower ends of the flasks F G.

R is a cylindrical mandrehhaving a conical portion, S, and shank T.

My mold is used in the following manner: The plate A is first placed horizontally upon a table or bench, and shank T of mandrel R is then inserted in the bore or socket D of said plate, the cone S of said mandrel rest-ing upon the bottom of pit C, as seen in Fig. 6. The iiask F G is then set upon said plate A, so as to cause the upper portion, R, of the mandrel to occupy the now cylindrical bore l J of the flask, the latter being centered upon said plate by the curb or flange B entering the cylindrical counterbore Pv P. The soft metal is then poured in at the gate N, and fills up the matrix, (shown in Fig. 6,) and after the metal is sufficiently cool or hardened the latch O is nnhooked from the pin o and the two parts of the liask, F and G, are opened laterally, thus liberating the mold from the casting. The casting is then lifted ont of the bottom plate and the mandrel is knocked out of the bushing, thereby producing the device seen in Fig. 8. Reference to this illustration shows that the bushing has an annular rim, c, that was formed in the circular pit C, and the rim has a pair of sockets, c c', produced by the pins E E. Furthermore, said bushing has an external thread, m, that was formed in the internal screw, MM', of the 1natrix,and a conical end, Z, to which the sprue or jet n is at taehed, which sprue is subsequently broken oft the casting. The bushing can then be readily screwed into the proper hole in the head of a keg or barrel, the sockets e c enabling the convenient use of a spanner for this purpose. A cork is then driven into the conical opening s of said bushing, and when the keg is tapped the cork is iorced into the keg, and said opening is then occupied by the faucet-heel, in the nsual manner. llinalldowelpins o1: other devices may be used, instead of the latch O, for locking the dusk in its closed position. having a conical portion, S, and shank T,sub

I claim as my inventionstantially as described.

5 Amold for castingsoft-nietal screw-threaded In testimony whereof I afx my signature in 15 bushings for the faucetholes of beer-kcgs, &c., presence of two Witnesses. Which mold consists of the bottom plate, A, VILLIAM MESSERLE. having a curb, B, pit G, socket D, and pins E E, and the hinged flasks F G H, provided trix M M', gate N, and counteibores P Pf, in combination with the detachable mandrelR,

Witnesses:

J Mns H. LAYMAN,

1o with semi-cylindrical bores I J, threaded ma- SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

